Ketsbaia

A real sliding doors moment is approaching. Bloody nervous about it.

Less than that even. Lad is fucking mint, cracking signing for Sociedad. Had a Dortmund fan tweet to me that they have a buy back and the plan is to buy Manduzkic, get a couple of good years from him, then bring Isak back. As for Wesley...... not hugely sad to miss out on him, although the general 'Villa spending £22m' line is a bit shit. I'm sure we'll make a bigger signing (Mbappe lol).

Well done, Kaiz. I just hope you remember us

Also, it's not smart to join Chelsea right now. If the transfer ban is upheld, there's a good chance they'll fall out of the top six for Leicester/Wolves.

How does that reply not sound good?

I guess the quietness should be a good thing but seeing so many UK journos being unconvinced has me nervous. One negative article? Fine. But it's more than that. Also not a fan of the "all good" updates, which scream amateurs to me. Guess my opinion now hinges on Caulkin's opinion.

I'm just not sure Rafa has it in him to take time away. He loves football too much, didnt he start taking charge of local kids teams once? Bloke is obsessed.

Both are Ah great, didnt know Fonseca was official. Well if the major jobs in the big leagues are all sorted, I have faith that Rafa would choose against unemployment. Hopefully.

Hopefully Roma, Marseille and any other job temptations are filled by 1st July.

Would rather the world-class manager who isn't a dickhead, thank you.

That's still got me nervous, like. I've been on the verge of a meltdown all week waiting for this to complete. It would be very Newcastle United for it to suddenly fall apart.

Hazard is class but £130m for a guy with 12 months left on his contract? Fucking hell.

A great day for taking things to the tip.

Remember the stage where we assumed it was all bullshit and an Ashley stunt? We're past that

Keith Downer, more like

Companies House + Caulkin + Dubai ITK = too many nicely-aligned dots

Can't wait til it gets dismissed by local journos

To paraphrase Lee Ryder from the other day: "If this transfer is going to happen, then Real Madrid have to pay. They can't just walk in and take Eriksen without paying the money"

"If Eid Mubarak is going to happen, then the Bin Zayed Group have to obey it. They can't just walk in and do ramadan without ending the fast."

A fresh scoop from Ryder there. Award-winning stuff.

FACT FACT FACT, just like Rafa did

Being so adamant fills us with hope but he IS a writer for The Sun.

There's some things to be hopeful of and some things to fear. The lack of denials make me sure that something is happening, as does the certainty of so many from their end. The problem is we don't know how advanced it is and whether this will get done before Rafa leaves. Or at all, considering the history of either time wasters or Ashley waking up one day and just walking away. Feeling less confident by the day, though.

Well he's still under contract. Not saying he doesn't want to stay but he sounds doubtful and I can't see Ashley being in a rush to tie him down amongst all this. Suddenly it'll be 30th June.

Today's stories have me nervous about Rafa for the first time. I've always thought he'd stay but now..... starting to worry a bit.